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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 27, 2018
Applicants:

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);

National Institute of Material Science, Tsukuba, JP;

Inventors:

Robert P. H. Chang, Glenview, IL (US);

Shiqiang Li, Clayton, AU;

Peijun Guo, Woodridge, IL (US);

Kai Chen, Tsukuba, JP;

Keiko Okano, Tsukuba, JP;

Tadaaki Nagao, Tsukuba, JP;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/65 (2006.01); G01N 33/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/658 (2013.01); G01N 33/587 (2013.01); G01N 2021/653 (2013.01);
Abstract

Surface-functionalized nano structures, arrays of the nanostructures, and method for using the arrays in surfaced-enhanced spectroscopy and dielectric sensing applications, such as surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy, are provided. The nanostructures are functionalized with specific binding moieties that are bound to the nanostructures via phosphonic acid linkers.


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